Re: [Mingw-users] Re: Exceptions

[Filip N. <xn...@vo...>]

>
> > I tried setjmp/longjmp and it is compatible between MSVC and MinGW,
> > but it can't be used with C++ classes.
>
> Oh, but if you want exceptions in C++, the _only_ good solution is to
> use the native C++ exceptions.

Sure, I would use them, if I could. But I need to be able access my DLL from
MSVC :(

>
> Any other nonstandard exception layer that would behave correctly
> (pertaining to destructor invocation) would have to invoke the native
> exceptions in some point. And - why would you use any nonstandard
> layer that relies on native exceptions, instead of using the native
> (and standard!) exceptions themselves?
>

Same answer here.

> The old MSVC exception macros are emulated exactly this way.
>
> BUT your problem isn't just that the native C++ exceptions are
> incompatible across MSVC and MinGW, but that much of C++ isn't
> compatible.

Right, but using virtual interfaces and exported functions like
"CreateMyClass()" that create the actual class instances is one way to go.
I mean something like the method used by DirectX, but without the COM stuff.

Filip Navara